Heaven (Gokuraku Restaurant / ～ご苦楽レストラン～)

"This happened when the restaurant was thriving."

Resignation Letter

OK, Come on.

The story of the perfect world of the restaurant manager.

It's a red tongue fish covered with mushrooms with a saffron sauce.

Manager

Tsutsumi Keitaro

Ah, thank you.

3 Days ago

Yama-san. Next, serve table 8.

Sommelier

Shigeomi Yamagata

It looked like you are troubled where to serve the wine next.

- Thank you. - Kawai-kun. Work hard.

Waiter

Taichi Kawai

I will go and ask.

Hey, what's going on with the restaurant manager?

What do you mean?

The Owner

Mistery Writer

Kanako Kurosu

He is full of vigor today.

Chef, Table number one. Main course. It's time to get it ready.

- What? Already? - Yes.

The reason is that customer has a fast meal pace.

Ah, and today's appetizer foie gras terrine.

Head Waiter

Iga Kan

It has a very good reputation with all the customers.

Oh, thank you.

Chef

Yukio Ozawa

He has friends coming today.

Well to be precise.

The people from his previous workplace.

- From now on, it's your time. - I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

It is beef Misji made in Rossini style.

*Rare Kobe beef cut. "Misji" is located on the upper side of the forefoot of the cow. You feel the full sweetness and umami.

Manager Tsutsumi, you are so cool.

Enough already.

- It's a great restaurant. - Thank you very much, sales manager.

The reason you gave when you quit Fierce Bull Taro was the best.

Enough already. That story is good.

He used to eat gyudon every day.

*Bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with dashi, soy sauce and mirin.

It was always over the fixed quantity.

Fixed quantity overrun

Fixed quantity…

Even in the new restaurant, he's showing his skills.

- As expected. - Ah, no.

Did the manager demonstrate any skills?

Ah! But it's a shame.

If you're not doing well here, you can come back home.

I though he was an area manager in Nishitokyo, Tokyo.

Please come back to Fierce Bull Taro.

- Let's drink to that! - Let's drink to that!

"That this visit was going to to create turmoil later."

"No one expected it."

OK! Come on!

Owner, I made a lot of noise yesterday.

It's good. Everyone seemed to be happy.

- Thank you very much. - The manager was a extremely popular guy.

Kawai-kun, yesterday you were concentrated.

When the manager was working for Fierce Bull Taro.

He was looking forward to the future

He won the President's Award three times and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

- That's why you scouted the restaurant manager? - It's true to some extent.

No, the meeting was a coincidence, wasn't it?

- "Eat a lot." - "Eat a lot."

"Hey, extra large beef bowl with rice."

- "Thank you very much." - "Thank you for your patience."

"OK! Come on!"

- "You still want to eat?" - "Welcome."

"OK! Come on!"

"One Gyudon bowl." - "Yes, one Gyudon bowl coming up."

- "OK! Come on!" "OK! Come on! Hu!"

"Manager, the Gyudon bowl is very popular."

"There are a lot of students around here."

"I guess there are many people who want to eat as much as they can."

"I think so."

"The management attitude that snuggles up to the customers caught your eye."

"You suddenly spoke to me, didn't you?

"Do you know what's most important in a restaurant?"

"What?"

"Management."

By any chance, you were nervous about yesterday.

Because you don't want people to judge you that you changed jobs to a restaurant like this?

- A restaurant like this!? - Owner, please calm down.

Well that's true.

I wanted to be cool about it, but...

Yesterday, I came to my senses.

What?

Just because the owner is like this.

You shouldn't crush the dreams of a manager.

- Because the owner is like this? - Manager. She is there already.

Oh, still here...

Yamagata-san, where are you going?

I don't think I'm done with this yet.

Yamagata-san.

It's good to be too enthusiastic, however you can't see if I'm joking.

The grace period is over.

I will tighten up this slacked restaurant.

As long as I'm entrusted as a manager.

I'll take Loin D'Ici to a higher level.

- If you say so. - As a servant I'm not very good.

It seems that a strange switch has been turned on.

Well it's good to be motivated.

Alright. I'm getting fired up!

Hey, is the food ready yet?

Sota Fukushi

Jun Shison

Masanobu Katsumura

Yasunori Danta

Ittoku Kishibe

Satomi Ishihara

English translation Mario Silva

Twitter: @MadmanSubs

Until next month.

- We're going to use this equipment. - What!

Ballpoint pen core. Is it just this?

- That's it. - This plastic wrap is not enough.

There's a container with a lid.

- And chef. - Yes.

Please make a inventory and reconsider the amount of ingredients that are needed.

It's all about meeting the owner's needs…

- Yamagata-san. - Yes.

The recommended wines have to be cut down and purchased in bulk.

- Maniac buys are cut. - It's terrible to cut an old man fun...

- Iga-kun! - Yes.

Iga-kun...

- Keep it as it is. - Yes

- Kawai-kun. - Huh?

The most problematic is you, right?

- Be more careful. - Yes!

Ah!

Kawai-kun.

I was thinking about collecting containers to replace the plastic wrap.

Help him to clean up.

How many pieces of equipment do you need to break?

Ah, but only the main body was broken.

The lid is safe.

Even if it's safe...

No, if you order only the main body. We can save 80 yen.

What?

Even if it costs 80 yen, if you multiply 1000 restaurants nationwide.

All right, this is my fourth Presidential Award.

"Come on! Okay!"

Oh, 1000 restaurants.

Unfortunately, Loin D'Ici the restaurant is one and only.

Manager.

Unfortunatelly the scale of the idea is small.

But owner. As long as I'm in charge of managing the restaurant I can increase profits with proper discipline.

Saving money is the only job of a manager?

I guess it makes no sense if the customers are not satisfied.

You talk with your customers?

If you have won the President's Award three times.

I guess there are more great ideas to come out?

That's amazing.

So, if you get stuck, we can talk.

Let's squeeze out ideas from each other.

- From each other? - That's right.

How about it? How about it, manager?

So what about perks?

- Hum? - To satisfy our customers.

It is a birthday perk.

It was very popular at the previous restaurant.

"It's a small present."

"Happy birthday!"

A Pote-sara dish? In Loin D'Ici?

*Pote-sara is a sweet potato salad Japanese dish.

This is a birthday plate.

In french cuisine you can do the same Pote-sara dish.

But i'm so happy to have a perk.

Certainly, it will increase our non-regular customers.

That's right. And that leads to get more regular customers.

Now I will get my first President Award.

- Hee! - Oh!

Savings is only the first step.

The spirit of hospitality and the ability to be close to customers.

Improve the quality of the restaurant, and ultimately it improves the management of the restaurant...

- Rejected. - Why do you reject it?

Having people around other customers disturbing them with applauses or singing. It's very unpleasant.

Coming to the restaurant.

It's not just for birthday guests.

That's true...

She appears to be twisting plausible reasons.

Among some of our customers.

Some people may want to bad-mouth their boss and release stress.

Generally speaking, solely to drink and drink. There are people that want to go on a drinking spree.

That's the owner.

There must be people who want to eat in memory of the deceased.

What? At this restaurant? The deceased?

Well the graveyard is here and at the back it's the funeral hall.

Funeral Hall

I wonder if there is such a thing.

A group of 7 university students climbs a mountain.

But one person dies in a accident.

- Hmm? - Oh...

One year later, a group of university students gather at a familiar restaurant and order beer.